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In the mood…

Singapore, 14th February 2011 The world today celebrates Valentine’s Day…as far as I am concerned a commercially driven celebration to get people to spent money on diners, gifts and flowers. But somehow people need occasions to celebrate things…We have just … Continue reading

14. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Party time

Singapore, 11th February 2011 Life should be a balance between work and fun, business and private. Too often we emerge ourselves so much into work that we forget to enjoy life. Certainly in this part of the world work life … Continue reading

11. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Carbon credits

Singapore, 10th February 2011 Today I read an article in the newspaper that Singapore has embarked on a program to generate carbon credits. The program consists of replacing current fluorescent lights in housing flats (HDB) to LED equivalents. It is … Continue reading

10. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Retro fit

Singapore, 9th February 2011 The problem with LED’s has mostly been the inability of retrofit lamps to actually perform to the level of its famous predecessors. There have been many attempts to make LED versions of the incandescent and the … Continue reading

09. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Presentation

Singapore, 8th February 2011 Presentations are half the work, they say. In our job it is even more important as lighting design is not always that easy to present. We have our ideas about the lighting effect but the presentation … Continue reading

08. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Samples

Singapore, 7th February 2011 With the main Chinese New Year celebrations behind us life is slowly returning to normal in Asia. For many Chinese traditional activities still continues but for most it is back to business as usual. I am … Continue reading

07. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Chinese New Year

Throughout the world the chinese celebrate the arrival of the year of the Rabbit. Happy Chinese New Year … Gong Xi Fa Cai! Light Watch 24-25: Fireworks in China

04. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Lighting supply

Mumbai, 2nd February 2011 Lighting suppliers are a critical part in our lighting design chain of processes. We conceptualise, we detail, we select and specify the lights and need to approve the manufacturer/ supplier that will have to deliver the … Continue reading

02. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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Poverty

Mumbai, 1st February 2011 As in many big Asian cities whether Jakarta, Bangkok or Mumbai going from A to B certainly during peak hour is a time consuming affair. I finished my meeting in down town Mumbai and as the … Continue reading

01. February 2011 by Martin Klaasen
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